A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown, Volume 2P. Byrne, law bookseller, 1806 - 1126 pages |
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Page 526
... Bill of Exchange delivered to him by his Master to send by the Post . $ 15 . Or where a Tradesman's Servant broke open and pur- loined a Package of Goods delivered him to carry to a Customer . ib . Or where a Servant went off with Money ...
... Bill of Exchange delivered to him by his Master to send by the Post . $ 15 . Or where a Tradesman's Servant broke open and pur- loined a Package of Goods delivered him to carry to a Customer . ib . Or where a Servant went off with Money ...
Page 527
... Bill of Exchange , & c . Dividend - Warrant , & c . Felony without Clergy by Stat . 7 Geo . 3. c . 50 . $ 21 . Though Defendant have not taken the Oath required by Stat . 9 Ann . c . 10. s . 41. of Persons employed by the Post - Office ...
... Bill of Exchange , & c . Dividend - Warrant , & c . Felony without Clergy by Stat . 7 Geo . 3. c . 50 . $ 21 . Though Defendant have not taken the Oath required by Stat . 9 Ann . c . 10. s . 41. of Persons employed by the Post - Office ...
Page 530
... Bill of Exchange in L. sus- tained by Evidence that when found on Prisoner there it had Indorsement ( made after the Felony ) not laid in Indictment . A general Description of the Bill , & c . in the Indictment is sufficient . ib . The ...
... Bill of Exchange in L. sus- tained by Evidence that when found on Prisoner there it had Indorsement ( made after the Felony ) not laid in Indictment . A general Description of the Bill , & c . in the Indictment is sufficient . ib . The ...
Page 541
... exchange presently , no Felony . $ 104 . Nor getting a Loan by writing a Letter in another's Name . ib . Aliter ... Bill without receiving the Discount ; held Felony in the latter to run away with the Bill without paying , with Intent to ...
... exchange presently , no Felony . $ 104 . Nor getting a Loan by writing a Letter in another's Name . ib . Aliter ... Bill without receiving the Discount ; held Felony in the latter to run away with the Bill without paying , with Intent to ...
Page 567
... bill of exchange for R. v . Chipchase , 1221. the property of R. Burkit and T. Fothergill , it ap- cor . Heath J. peared that the prisoner was clerk to the prosecutors , and had 2 Leach , 805 . the sole management of their cash concerns ...
... bill of exchange for R. v . Chipchase , 1221. the property of R. Burkit and T. Fothergill , it ap- cor . Heath J. peared that the prisoner was clerk to the prosecutors , and had 2 Leach , 805 . the sole management of their cash concerns ...
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9 Geo accessaries adjudged aforesaid afterwards Ante appeared bank note Bank of England benefit of clergy bill of exchange Black Act breaking Buller burglary burning charged committed common law counterfeit court delivered delivery destroy dwelling-house Eliz enacts fact false felonious Intent forgery fraud fraudulent Gould guilty of felony Hawk holden indictment indorsement Inst instrument intent to defraud intent to steal Judges judgment jury justice justice of peace knowingly laid larceny lawfully convicted Leach letter Lord Coke maliciously ment mentioned misdemeanor offence officer opinion ousted of clergy owner party payment person or persons possession pretence principal prisoner procure promissory note prosecution prosecutor punishment purporting putting in fear receipt received robbery Serjt servant ship stamp stat statute stolen sufficient taken taking term therein thing tion transported unlawfully uttering verdict Vide violence wilfully words
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Page 997 - State, and each and every of them who shall at any time hereafter be found in any part of this State, shall be and are hereby adjudged and declared guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as in cases of felony without benefit of clergy.
Page 744 - ... any accountable receipt for any note, bill or other security for payment of money, or any warrant or order for payment of money or delivery of goods...
Page 665 - Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that wherever any person taketh money or reward, directly or indirectly, under pretence or upon account of helping any person or persons to any stolen goods or chattels, every such person...
Page 733 - ... or shall alien or assign any the lands, tenements, goods, leases, or other things before mentioned, to him or them conveyed as is aforesaid...
Page 732 - ... devised and contrived of malice, fraud, covin, collusion, or guile, to the end, purpose, and intent to delay, hinder, or defraud creditors and others of their just and lawful actions...
Page 778 - Sterling appearing visible in the Substance of the Paper upon which the same shall be written or printed, nor shall prevent any Person from making, using, or selling any Paper having waving or curved Lines, or any other Devices in the Nature of Watermarks, visible in the Substance of the Paper, not being Bar Lines or Laying Wire Lines, provided the same are not...
Page 733 - ... shall incur the penalty and forfeiture of one year's value of the said lands, tenements, and hereditaments, leases, rents, commons, or other profits of or out of the same ; and the whole value of the said goods and chattels; and also so much money as are or shall be contained in any such covinous and feigned bond...
Page 550 - ... that wherever the property of one man, which has been taken from him without his knowledge or consent, is found upon another, it is incumbent on that other to prove how he came by it ; otherwise the presumption is, that he obtained it feloniously...
Page 582 - Littleton, sect. 71, who says, " if I lend to one my sheep to dung his land, or my " oxen to plough the land, and he killeth my cattle, I may have " trespass notwithstanding the lending.
Page 770 - Entry shall be conceived in proper Words for that Purpose, and shall be signed by the Parties making such Assignments or Transfers, or, if...